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John states that the product of two real numbers is a real number. Extending this to imaginary numbers John states that the product of two imaginary numbers must be imaginary. Is his statement correct?

I am having a hard time with imaginary numbers,please help.

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Answer:

no. i*i = -1

2i*3i=-6

now if they meant complex numbers the answer is still no

(2+4i)(2-4i) = 4-8i+8i-16 = -12

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